Minnesota GOP says never to ‘Never Trump’ movement

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Minnesota Republicans on Friday dealt a crippling blow to their state’s division of the “Never Trump” movement, voting to toss a party resolution that sought to make it acceptable for party members to oppose the presumed nominee.

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The vote, held by the party’s governing State Central Committee, came even after the resolution had been moderated to win support. Instead of prohibiting the party from spending funds to support its nominee, as a proposal circulated earlier in the week had suggested, it would have affirmed the party’s acceptance of “all volunteers desiring to serve” regardless of their support for “any particular candidate.”

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